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DPRK renames youth league

Xinhua, August 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has decided to rename its Youth League as the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League, the official KCNA news agency reported Monday.

The youth organization was previously known as the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League.

The name change was adopted at a congress of the Youth League on Saturday and Sunday, which was attended by top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un.

Kim said that renaming the league "marks a great event that laid a solid foundation for developing the youth league into that of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il forever."

Kim called upon the young people of the DPRK to become "vanguard and shock brigade" in building a socialist power and to become "creators of socialist civilization."

On Sunday evening a torchlight march took place in Pyongyang to mark the conclusion of the congress. Kim watched the performance.

The Youth League was first known as the Democratic Youth League of North Korea when it was established in January 1946. Later the name was changed to the League of Socialist Working Youth of Korea. In January 1996 it was renamed Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League.

Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, who were Kim Jong Un's grandfather and father respectively, were the two late paramount leaders of the DPRK. Endi